Apple Pie Cake

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp cinnamon
• 1/3 cup brown sugar, plus another 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups unbleached flour (can substitute half for whole wheat flour)
• 1 Tbsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 large apples, peeled and diced (or some dried apples cut with scissors)
• 1 Tbsp melted butter

Steps

Preheat oven to 350 F. Prepare a loaf pan by greasing or flouring it, or use parchment paper.

1. 1Combine the cinnamon and 1/3 cup brown sugar and set aside.
2. 2Using a mixer, cream the butter with the remaining brown sugar and the white sugar. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until smooth.
3. 3Sift the flour, salt and baking powder together. Add to the egg mixture alternately with the milk, mixing with a spoon only until all is moistened. The batter will be quite stiff.
4. 4Spoon half the batter into the loaf pan and spread it evenly.
5. 5Spread half the chopped apples over the bottom layer of batter, then sprinkle half the cinnamon-brown sugar mixture over the apples.
6. 6Stir the remaining apples gently into the remaining batter.
7. 7Spoon the apple batter over the apple layer in the loaf pan until completely covered. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon sugar mixture over the top.
8. 8Bake 40 minutes, then drizzle the melted butter over the top and continue baking another 10 minutes or so. Test by pressing the centre of the cake with your finger. When it bounces back, insert a toothpick to see if it comes out clean.
9. 9Remove from the oven and let cool in the pan 15 minutes. Gently loosen the edges with a spatula and then gently slide it out.